1. Alain, Jehan Ariste
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Compositor Alain, Jehan Ariste Vida Jehan Ariste Alain was born into a family of organists on February 3rd, 1911 in St-Germain-en-Laye, a suburb in west Paris. His father Albert, was a composer, ...

2. Anglebert, Jean-Henri d’
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... with Lully, excerpts from whose operas and ballets he transcribed for keyboard. Trabajos The four keyboard suites of d’Anglebert, including dances, transcriptions and opening unmeasured preludes, ...

3. Anonymous (XI-XV cent.)
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... in the fields to lighten the tedium of labor, the dances that accompanied so many festivities, much of the music intended for the stage, and even the musical component of many troubadour songs have proven ...

4. Bartok, Bela
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Compositor Bartok, Bela Image Vida Nace en Nagyszentminklo, Transilavania. Influido en sus inicios por Liszt, Wagner y R. Strauss, Bartók se dedicó, concluida su formación musical en Budapest ...

5. Beethoven, Ludwig van
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Compositor Beethoven, Ludwig van Image Vida Nació en Bonn el 16 de diciembre de 1770. Sus primeros brotes de talento musical fueron dirigidos con rígida disciplina por su padre, que era ...

6. Borodin, Alexander
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... Igor", was completed after his death by Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov. It includes the famous choral dances, the "Polovtsian Dances", with which the captive Prince is entertained by Khan Konchak. His best ...

7. Brahms, Johannes
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... of a form in which Brahms had complete mastery. Two overtures, the "Academic Festival Overture" and the "Tragic Overture", with arrangements of his "Hungarian Dances", complete the body of orchestral ...

8. Bruckner, Anton
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Compositor Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896) Image Vida Anton Bruckner nació el 4 de septiembre de 1824 en Ansfelden, cerca de Linz, y murió el 11 de octubre de 1896 en Viena. Recibió sus primeras ...

9. Byrd, William
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Compositor Byrd, William (1543 - 1623) Image Vida William Byrd, (b. 1543, d. July 4, 1623), the most famous and versatile English composer of his age, inherited a characteristically English ...

10. Cage, John
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Compositor Cage, John (1912-1992) Image Vida Nace en Los Angeles en 1912. En la postura radicalmente vanguardista de Cage, alumno de Schönberg y Cowell, son características una voluntaria ...

11. Chambonnières, Jacques Champion
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... he exercised a strong influence over the father and two uncles of François Couperin le grand, Charles, Louis and François. Trabajos The keyboard music of Chambonnières includes dances, a collection ...

12. Chopin, Frederyk
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Compositor Chopin, Frederyk (1810 - 1849) Image Vida Chopin nació en Zelazowa Wola, Polonia, el 22 de febrero de 1810. Su padre Nicolás Chopin fue nombrado profesor de francés en la Academia ...

13. Davies, Sir Peter Maxwell
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Compositor Davies, Sir Peter Maxwell (b. 1934) Vida Born Manchester, 8 Sept 1934, English composer: he studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music (1952-6); his fellow students included Goehr ...

14. Delibes, Leo
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... an earlier opportunity, in collaboration with the established composer Minkus. In 1882 Delibes wrote a set of pastiche ancient airs and dances for Victor Hugo's play Le roi s'amuse, later to provide a ...

15. Ding, Shande
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... a large number of piano pieces, including Variations on Themes of Chinese Folk-songs, a children's piano suite Happy Festival, Xinjiang Dances Nos. 1 and 2, and art-songs such as Blue Mist, My Husband ...

16. Dvorák, Antonin
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Compositor Dvorák, Antonin (1841 - 1904) Image Vida Nace en Nelahozeves, un pequeño pueblo bohemio a 30 kilómetros al norte de Praga, el 8 de septiembre de 1841. De niño aprendió a tocar ...

17. Fischer, Johann Casper Ferdinand
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Compositor Fischer, Johann Casper Ferdinand (1670 ? -1746) Vida Johann Casper Ferdinand Fischer was born in Germany around 1670, though we shall never be certain when. We find the first record ...

18. Firenze, Gherardello da
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... survive in the Squarcialupi Codex (some of the pieces have concordances in other sources as well), a Gloria, and an Agnus Dei. Six of the works are monophonic ballate; in addition there are nine two-voiced ...

19. Gottschalk, L. Moreau
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Compositor Gottschalk, L. Moreau (1829-1869) Image Vida Gottschalk was born in New Orleans in 1829. From early in his childhood, he was exposed to the French and African-tinged Caribbean ...

20. Granados, Enrique
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... either in orchestral form or as a duet for cello and piano, has proved viable in the concert hall. The ten Danzas españolas (Spanish Dances) are immensely effective, both in their original piano version ...